The leaders of Britain, France, and Germany have demanded Israel allow unrestricted aid into Gaza to end a “humanitarian catastrophe."

Israel will coordinate airdrops of aid into Gaza from foreign countries in the coming days, an Israeli security official confirmed to ABC News.

Friedrich Merz confirms that 2 German aircraft may begin airdropping humanitarian aid from Jordan into Gaza as early as Wednesday - Anadolu Ajansı

Macron shocked the world on Thursday when he broke ranks with his allies and announced that France would recognize Palestine as a nation-state.

Previous German aid-dropping operations in the territory may give a glimpse of what to expect, according to a defense spokesman in Berlin.

The strongest rejection of increased diplomatic pressure against Israel comes among supporters of the right-wing extremist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, 37% of whom questioned applying more pressure. Still, a majority of 61% of AfD voters are in favor of Germany taking a tougher position towards Israel.

Germany is not planning to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term and said its priority now is to make "long-overdue progress" towards a two-state solution, a German government spokesperson said on Friday.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise Palestine in September before the UN General Assembly unless Israel ends the “appalling situation” in Gaza.The prime minister held an emergency virtual cabinet meeting where he laid out his plan for peace agreed over the weekend with French President Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Former German president Joachim Gauck has criticized Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling it "disproportionate" and "irresponsible. " "Too much suffering is being inflicted on too many innocent people to punish the guilty,